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Straddling the border of Nevada and Utah, the community of Wendover is split in two. On the Nevada side, voters could help decide the next U.S. president. Across the street, in Utah, voters almost certainly won’t.

Thanks to the Electoral College system, the 2024 election will likely be determined by a handful of swing states. Utah, which has voted for the Republican nominee in every election since 1964, is not one of them. Nevada, which President Joe Biden won by two percentage points in 2020, is.

That has turned half of Wendover into a battleground. In West Wendover, Nevada, campaigns are already flooding residents with robocalls and texts messages, and super PACs are filling mailboxes with flyers. “We really get hit hard with that,” West Wendover Mayor Jasie Holm said. “It’s overwhelming. It’s a little bit much.”

Read more about life and politics in the two Wendovers.

Opinion: When D-Day veterans are gone, will we remember?

If you search enough on the internet, you can find a recording of the complete CBS radio broadcast from D-Day, June 6, 1944, beginning about an hour after the network’s news team came on the air shortly after midnight to share German radio reports about an invasion.

At one point, a commentator observes how lights can be seen coming on in windows around New York as people become aware of the news.

Most likely, each light represented a son, a brother, a father or a husband and the dread each of their relatives felt, wondering about a distant unknown that loomed as thick as the darkness of that predawn morning.

Read more from Jay Evensen on the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

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Save on Tickets to the Utah Shakespeare Festival 63rd Season

The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 63rd season runs June 17 through Oct. 5 with a thrilling lineup: "Henry VIII," "The Winter's Tale," "The Taming of The Shrew," "Much Ado About Nothing," "The 39 Steps" and more. Save $10 — use code DesNews24 at bard.org or call 800-PLAYTIX. Theater under the stars in beautiful Cedar City awaits!

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